Michael Gurven
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Holowka N, Kraft T, Wallace I, Gurven M, Venkataraman V
Evol Hum Sci
. 2023 Aug;
4:e19.
PMID: 37588935
Laboratory-based studies indicate that a major evolutionary advantage of bipedalism is enabling humans to walk with relatively low energy expenditure. However, such studies typically record subjects walking on even surfaces...
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Trumble B, Charifson M, Kraft T, Garcia A, Cummings D, Hooper P, et al.
Sci Adv
. 2023 Aug;
9(32):eade9797.
PMID: 37556539
In many populations, the aε (ε) allele increases the risk for several chronic diseases of aging, including dementia and cardiovascular disease; despite these harmful effects at later ages, the ε...
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Trumble B, Pontzer H, Stieglitz J, Cummings D, Wood B, Emery Thompson M, et al.
Am J Hum Biol
. 2023 Jun;
35(11):e23949.
PMID: 37365845
Objective: Testosterone plays a role in mediating energetic trade-offs between growth, maintenance, and reproduction. Investments in a high testosterone phenotype trade-off against other functions, particularly survival-enhancing immune function and cellular...
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Ross C, Hooper P, Smith J, Jaeggi A, Smith E, Gavrilets S, et al.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
. 2023 May;
120(22):e2220124120.
PMID: 37216525
To address claims of human exceptionalism, we determine where humans fit within the greater mammalian distribution of reproductive inequality. We show that humans exhibit lower reproductive skew (i.e., inequality in...
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Stieglitz J, Buoro Y, Beheim B, Trumble B, Kaplan H, Gurven M
Proc Biol Sci
. 2023 May;
290(1998):20222497.
PMID: 37161336
Musculoskeletal pain is the most debilitating human health condition. Neurophysiological pain mechanisms are highly conserved and promote somatic maintenance and learning to avoid future harm. However, some chronic pain might...
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Speakman J, de Jong J, Sinha S, Westerterp K, Yamada Y, Sagayama H, et al.
Nat Metab
. 2023 Apr;
5(4):579-588.
PMID: 37100994
Obesity is caused by a prolonged positive energy balance. Whether reduced energy expenditure stemming from reduced activity levels contributes is debated. Here we show that in both sexes, total energy...
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Caldwell A, Cummings D, Hooper P, Trumble B, Gurven M, Stiegltz J, et al.
medRxiv
. 2023 Mar;
PMID: 36993728
Over 80% of adolescents worldwide are insufficiently active, posing massive public health and economic challenges. Declining physical activity (PA) and sex differences in PA consistently accompany transitions from childhood to...
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Seabright E, Alami S, Kraft T, Davis H, Caldwell A, Hooper P, et al.
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci
. 2023 Mar;
378(1875):20220537.
PMID: 36871596
No abstract available.
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Lea A, Clark A, Dahl A, Devinsky O, Garcia A, Golden C, et al.
ArXiv
. 2023 Jan;
PMID: 36713247
Globally, we are witnessing the rise of complex, non-communicable diseases (NCDs) related to changes in our daily environments. Obesity, asthma, cardiovascular disease, and type 2 diabetes are part of a...
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Kraft T, Cummings D, Venkataraman V, Alami S, Beheim B, Hooper P, et al.
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci
. 2022 Nov;
378(1868):20210431.
PMID: 36440571
Cooperation in food acquisition is a hallmark of the human species. Given that costs and benefits of cooperation vary among production regimes and work activities, the transition from hunting-and-gathering to...